New Birth

Concluding the study of Matthew 5:27-30, the message presses the impossibility of meeting God's standard of righteousness in one's own strength and points the guilty to the new birth as the only remedy, since only a heart made new in Christ

New BirthImputed RighteousnessSermon on the MountImpossibility of Self-Righteousness

Examining Matthew 5:21-22, the message shows that Jesus locates murder in the anger and contempt of the heart rather than merely the external act, exposing every hearer as guilty before God's true standard and in need of a savior.

Anger and MurderHeart SinSermon on the MountNew Birth

The closing invitation of Proverbs, where Lady Wisdom and the foolish woman each call out to passersby, is preached as a picture of the only two houses anyone can ever live in, tracing how new birth in Christ alone moves a person out of the

Two HousesNew BirthFolly's Seduction

Matthew 5:8 teaches that only God can give sinners a pure heart through the new birth. Those made pure by grace know God now by the Spirit and will see Him fully in the life to come.

Pure HeartNew BirthSeeing God

Working through Proverbs 4, the message contrasts the path of the upright with the path of the wicked and charges parents to guard their children's hearts through Scripture and prayer while trusting God alone to grant the new birth.

Two PathsGuarding the HeartNew Birth

Walking through John 19:17-22, the sermon shows a sovereign, loving, and telling God at work in the crucifixion, and presses hearers that true faith requires being born again, not merely bearing the name of Christian.

God's SovereigntyNew BirthCrucifixion Placard

Continuing a study of the church's ten pillars, this message defines regeneration as the secret act of God that imparts new spiritual life, insisting that salvation is a sovereign work of grace through the Word and Spirit rather than the

RegenerationGrace AloneNew Birth

Preached for Father's Day, this message calls men to be born-again fathers who lead their homes and families in committed membership to a local church rather than settling for merely cultural Christianity. The call moves from personal

Fatherly LeadershipNew BirthChurch Commitment

Christ-centered evangelism recognizes that sinners are spiritually dead, separated from God, and unable to save themselves apart from the Spirit’s power. Witnesses point to Christ while depending on God to give resurrection life,

Spiritual DeathSpirit-Empowered WitnessNew Birth

Continuing through John 14:18-26, this message unfolds the Spirit's provision for believers as the Father and Son come to dwell within those who love and obey Christ, while warning that a life without obedience reveals only cultural

Indwelling of GodObedience and LoveNew Birth